Trump Organization lawyer tied to Stormy Daniels' hush-money deal: reportA top lawyer with the Trump Organization worked on the case to silence former adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, late Wednesday, citing arbitration documents. The lawyer, Jill A. Martin, was listed as counsel in documents from Essential Consultants LLC, the shell company established by Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen in an agreement to pay Daniels $130,000 in exchange for her silence regarding an alleged 2006 sexual encounter between her and Donald Trump. Cohen has claimed he paid Clifford on his own, without Trump's involvement. The documents are the first clear link between Trump's company and the nondisclosure agreement. Cohen and the White House have denied there was an affair. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is currently trying to have the NDA ruled invalid so she can speak freely about the affair.

Stormy Daniels offers to repay $130,000 to speak about Trump affair Former adult-movie star seeks to get out of NDAThe former adult-movie star who accepted $130,000 from President Donald Trump’s lawyer would return the money in exchange for being released from a contract barring her from discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, according to a letter from her attorney.

Trump lawyer got arbitration order last week to silence porn star Stephanie Clifford’s lawyer says order is invalid because underlying NDA is voidA lawyer for President Donald Trump last week obtained an emergency order from an arbitrator that temporarily restrained former adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford from discussing her allegations of an affair with Trump, according to a copy of the order reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Porn star sues Trump, claiming nondisclosure deal invalid because Trump didn't sign: reportStephanie Clifford, the adult film star also known as Stormy Daniels, is suing President Donald Trump, claiming that her nondisclosure agreement is invalid because Trump did not sign it, late Tuesday. The suit alleges that while she and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen signed the document in which she agreed not to disclose her intimate relationship with Trump, spaces where Trump was supposed to sign were left blank, making the agreement void, NBC News said. Clifford alleges Cohen has pressured her not to speak about the alleged affair as recently as last week. In January, Cohen used a shell company to pay Clifford $130,000 for her silence regarding an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump. Clifford reportedly received the money two weeks before the 2016 presidential election. On Monday, that Cohen has complained that Trump had not reimbursed him for the payment.

Trump lawyer says he paid Stormy Daniels out of his own pocketPresident Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, on Tuesday that he paid adult-film star Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, $130,000 out of his own pocket after she once said that she had an affair with Trump in 2006, and that he was not reimbursed by the Trump campaign or the Trump Organization. "The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone," Cohen said in a statement to the Times. first reported the previously secret transaction in January. Cohen made his statement following a complaint filed by government watchdog group Common Cause, which said the payment amounted to an illegal contribution to the Trump campaign.

Watchdog asks FEC, DOJ if payment to porn star broke campaign finance rules Common Cause says Trump campaign may have violated the lawA government-watchdog group filed complaints Monday with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department asking the agencies to investigate a $130,000 payment arranged by President Donald Trump’s lawyer to a former adult-film star before the 2016 presidential election.

Trump lawyer used shell company to pay off ex-porn star: reportPresident Donald Trump's personal attorney used a shell company and pseudonyms to pay for a former porn star's silence over claims that she had a sexual encounter with Trump, Thursday. Citing corporate documents and confidential sources, the Journal reported Michael Cohen opened a private Delaware company in October 2016 and then used a bank account linked to the company to pay $130,000 to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, in exchange for a nondisclosure agreement. Both parties used pseudonyms to mask the transaction, the Journal said. Cohen, however, used his own name as an "authorized person" for the company, the Journal reported, rather than hiring a lawyer for that task to hide his identity. Cohen told the Journal last week that Trump denies the claims. This week, the magazine ran a 2011 interview with Clifford in which she describes the 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, though she has since denied details of the affair.

Trump lawyer arranged payment for adult film-star's silence: report A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star one month before the 2016 election, as part of an agreement precluding her from discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, The Wall Street Journal Friday. People familiar with the matter told the Journal Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen arranged payment to Stephanie Clifford in October 2016. Clifford privately alleged the encounter with Trump took place after they met at a July 2006 golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.

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